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Word of the Day for Monday, April 11, 2011balderdash \BAWL-der-dash\, noun: 1. Senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense. "That bit about cleanliness being next to godliness was a lot of balderdash as far as I was concerned." How could I, who loved life so intensely, have let myself be entangled for so long in that balderdash of books and paper blackened with ink! In that day of separation, my friend had helped me to see clearly. Balderdash has a mysterious origin, but originally meant a muddled mixture of liquors. | |||||||||
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Monday, April 11, 2011
balderdash: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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